Guy Treymeyne, Kate Holden, Alan Jones, James Hewlett and Michael Bradley were also in action for Saffron Walden, in what proved to be a good turnout for the club in their first fixture of the winter season.

As at least one school in the area – Matching Green Primary – announces it will be closed tomorrow, we look at the “impossible” task headteachers face in deciding whether to close their school due to snow.